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A place of visitation in Harput famed for the undecayed body kept in a glass sarcophagus in the lower part of a two-storey structure (mosque above, tomb below). According to its inscription the building was erected by Yusuf b. Arabshah in 678 AH/1279-80 during the reign of the Seljuk sultan Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw III; however, the identity of the person in the sarcophagus has not been established by any reliable historical source (legend calls him a Seljuk-era warrior/commander or a saint). The reason the body has not decayed remains scientifically unresolved. Because the identity and religious role of the occupant are undocumented, it is recorded transparently as a shrine 'of disputed identity,' with no firm attribution to an authentic saint or scholar. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri; Kültür Portalı; Fırat University Harput archive.)
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